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Philadelphia Recipe: Lime Rum Shrub Part of the Places of a Lifetime series from Traveler magazine

The colonials used whatever fruit juice was handy, including lemonade, for this Early American cocktail.

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Ingredients:

1 quart rum
1 1/2 cup sugar
8 ounces lime juice

Directions:

Pour everything into a punch bowl, mix until sugar dissolves, and serve over ice.

Servings: Serves ten (five-ounce servings)

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